I thought this was a brilliant place to stay in Bangkok. It's in an area known as Thong Lor which is kindof where the rich kids of Bangkok like to play. It's also the home of the Japanese ex-pat population. This means you are likely to get very fat due to the enormous amount of cool bars and restaurants around, not to mention high end grocery stores.

Daniela's place is about a ten minute walk from the BTS which might not suit everyone if you can't handle Bangkok's heat. But the trade off to that is it's in a quiet area, facing tree-filled private residences. In one word it's chill. I didn't mind walking at all, but you could also grab one of the ubiquitous motorcycle taxis.

Daniela has done the place up super nice, with calm earth tones and Buddhist chic art. This is NOT a party place: it's a residential condo where I never heard any noise the entire week I was there. There's a good pool and a good-enough air conditioned gym. There's no TV or wi-fi in the apartment, but if you're just visiting Bangkok then you will probably pick up a SIM card from the airport with unlimited wi-fi anyway. That's what I did and I set my phone to become a hotspot so I could use my laptop.

If you want to stay somewhere with lots of eating and drinking options, yet avoid the madness of lower Sukhumvit, then this is the place for you.